Today I notice that one of my chickens wasn't interested in eating scratch. As the others ate, she waddled off slowly to the laying boxes. She pooped clear poop, then jumped into the box and laid a soft, delicate egg. Several minutes later, she laid another egg. The soft shell was pulled off and...
My broody hen had 4 eggs and only one fully developed. Today was hatch day and she didn't get off the egg once it started to hatch. When I went to check on her, she was still sitting on the egg. It was crushed and the chick had died. Is that normal with first timers?